Major Incident Manager Job Trends

Major Incident Manager
UK

The median Major Incident Manager salary in the UK is £47,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 638 658 807
Rank change year-on-year +20 +149 +191
Permanent jobs requiring a Major Incident Manager 38 11 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.053% 0.024% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.026% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 13 7 8
10th Percentile - £42,900 £56,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £47,500 £61,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £52,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.48% -25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £62,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £67,500 - £73,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £50,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.00% -28.57% +33.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 65,777 41,647 74,342
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.60% 91.11% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 41,594 22,804 57,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £39,073
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,624
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -5.66%

Major Incident Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Major Incident Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Major Incident Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Major Incident Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Major Incident Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Major Incident Manager job vacancies in the UK

Major Incident Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Major Incident Manager over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Major Incident Manager in the UK

Major Incident Manager
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Major Incident Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 5 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +14 28 £43,500 -13.00% 2
England +13 25 £65,000 +23.81% 2
London +39 10 £65,000 -13.33% 1
South East - 10 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 8 £43,500 - 1
Work from Home +32 5 £53,750 +7.50%
Scotland - 4 - -
North of England -30 3 £60,000 +66.67%
East of England - 2 - -
North East - 2 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £60,000 -
Wales - 1 - -

Major Incident Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 March 2026, Major Incident Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Major Incident Manager in the job title.

1 38 (100.00%) ITIL
2 25 (65.79%) Incident Management
3 24 (63.16%) Major Incident Management
4 21 (55.26%) Problem Management
5 13 (34.21%) Service Management
6 12 (31.58%) Root Cause Analysis
7 11 (28.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (26.32%) Service Delivery
9 9 (23.68%) Performance Metrics
9 9 (23.68%) Security Cleared
9 9 (23.68%) ServiceNow
10 8 (21.05%) Analytics
10 8 (21.05%) Data Analysis
10 8 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (21.05%) Remedy
11 7 (18.42%) ITSM
12 6 (15.79%) Business Continuity
12 6 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
13 4 (10.53%) Degree
13 4 (10.53%) Power BI
13 4 (10.53%) Power Platform
13 4 (10.53%) Release Management
13 4 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
14 3 (7.89%) Change Management
14 3 (7.89%) Mentoring
14 3 (7.89%) Proactive Management
14 3 (7.89%) SC Cleared
15 2 (5.26%) Collaborative Working
15 2 (5.26%) Customer Experience
15 2 (5.26%) Customer Service

Major Incident Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.53%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.53%) Power BI
General
1 22 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 15 (39.47%) Finance
3 14 (36.84%) Law
4 7 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (15.79%) French Language
6 4 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) Virtual Team
2 1 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (100.00%) ITIL
2 25 (65.79%) Incident Management
3 24 (63.16%) Major Incident Management
4 21 (55.26%) Problem Management
5 13 (34.21%) Service Management
6 12 (31.58%) Root Cause Analysis
7 11 (28.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (26.32%) Service Delivery
9 9 (23.68%) Performance Metrics
10 8 (21.05%) Analytics
10 8 (21.05%) Data Analysis
10 8 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (18.42%) ITSM
12 6 (15.79%) Business Continuity
12 6 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
13 4 (10.53%) Release Management
13 4 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
14 3 (7.89%) Change Management
14 3 (7.89%) Mentoring
14 3 (7.89%) Proactive Management
Qualifications
1 9 (23.68%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.53%) Degree
3 3 (7.89%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (23.68%) ServiceNow
2 8 (21.05%) Remedy
3 1 (2.63%) Capita
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft